A new docuseries covering the Los Angeles hair metal scene of the ‘80s is coming to Paramount+ – check out the trailer below.
Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ‘80s Hair Metal will be a three-part series, set to be released onto the streaming service on September 17 in the US and a day later internationally.
It promises to document the exploits and excesses of bands such as Poison, Skid Row, Def Leppard, Guns N’ Roses, Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P., and it is based on a book of the same name by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock.
Watch the trailer for the series here:
The show will feature original interviews with Poison’s Bret Michaels, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Skid Row’s Dave “Snake” Sabo, Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt, as well as MTV host Riki Rachtman and Jackass star Steve-O.
It is directed by Jeff Tremaine, who also oversaw the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt in 2019.
Bienstock has spoken about what drew him to that particular moment in pop culture, explaining to VWRocks in 2021: “I think that scene on the Sunset Strip was like nothing that had come before and nothing that has happened since. You really get a picture of hundreds of bands out there and just tons of fans and these guys posting thousands of flyers everywhere. Every show being an event.”
“At that time, the goal was to make every show and every day an event in and of itself. I think that’s what got a lot of these bands over. You would play at the Troubadour to 200 people, but you would act like you were playing at Madison Square Garden and bring that kind of show with you.”
A separate series about the Sunset Strip scene is also in the works, according to the former Guns N’ Roses manager Vicky Hamilton, and it will be based on her 2016 autobiography.
Nöthin’ But a Good Time joins another recently released music-based docuseries on Paramount+ in the form of Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza, which explores the 30-year history of the Chicago festival and is streaming now.
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